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Gate Hoist Machinery Painting and Hoist House Rehabilitation

U.S. Department of Defense
Updated Jul 16, 2026 · 19:46 UTC
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This is a Presolicitation notice.

The agency is announcing an upcoming solicitation. Watch for the actual RFP/RFQ to be posted later.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needs a small business to paint gate hoist machinery and rehabilitate hoist houses at 9 dams on the Fox River in Wisconsin.

Key Details

  • What exactly do they need? The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needs a contractor to repaint the gate hoisting machinery and rehabilitate the gate hoist houses for 9 US Army Corps of Engineers operated dams on the Fox River, Wisconsin. The contractor will perform surface preparation and painting of the gate hoisting machinery, and replace the existing shingle roofing with metallic sheet roofing, replace current doors with heavy-duty commercial doors, replace exterior vinyl siding with galvalume siding, replace the exterior soffit fascia, and insulate the ceiling and wall cavities.
  • What's the contract structure and timeline? The contract will be a firm-fixed-price contract with a base year of one year. The solicitation package, bid opening, and award is planned for advertisement in the Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2026.
  • How will they pick the winner? The evaluation will be based on the lowest price technically acceptable.
  • When and how do you bid? The solicitation package will be available for download from the DoWs Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) system once it is released. The PDF files can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. The contractor must register with PIEE in order to access the solicitation and to place a bid/proposal in response to the upcoming USACE Solicitation.

Routine commodity buy — low-effort bid, modest payoff.

Who can apply

  • Must be a certified small business
  • Has experience with commercial and institutional building construction
  • Has done similar work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before

If you're interested, do this first

  • Check that your small business is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov
  • Register with the PIEE system at https://piee.eb.mil
  • Download the solicitation package from the PIEE system once it is released
  • Contact Ericka Hillard at ericka.d.hillard@usace.army.mil for more information

Primary point of contact

Name
Ericka Hillard
Email
ericka.d.hillard@usace.army.mil
Phone
(312) 846-5378

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